Jeremiah 50
1 The word that the Lord spake, concerning Babel, and cocerning the land of the Caldeans by the ministerie of Ieremiah the Prophet.
Hili ni neno alilolisema Yahwe juu ya Babeli, nchi ya Wakalidayo, kwa mkono wa Yeremia nabii,
2 Declare among the nations, and publish it, and set vp a standart, proclaime it and conceale it not: say, Babel is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken downe: her idols are confounded, and their images are burst in pieces.
“Wajulishe mataifa ili wasikie. Toa ishara ili wasikie. Usiiache. Sema, 'Babeli imetwaliwa. Beli ameaibika. Merodaki amefadhaika. Sanamu zake zimeaibishwa; vinyago vyake vimefadhaika
3 For out of the North there commeth vp a nation against her, which shall make her lande waste, and none shall dwel therein: they shall flee, and depart, both man and beast.
Taifa kutoka kaskazini litainuka kinyume chake, ili kuifanya nchi yake ukiwa. Hakuna hata mmoja, awe mtu au mnyama, atakayeishi ndani yake. Wataondoka.
4 In those daies, and at that time, sayeth the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they, and the children of Iudah together, going, and weeping shall they goe, and seeke the Lord their God.
Katika siku hizo na wakati huo - hili ni tamko ya Yahwe - watu wa Israeli na watu wa Yuda watakusanyika ili kwenda kwa kulia na kumtafuta Yahwe Mungu wao.
5 They shall aske the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let vs cleaue to the Lord in a perpetuall couenant that shall not be forgotten.
Watauliza njia ya kwenda Sayuni nao watakwenda huko, wakisema, tutakwenda wenyewe ili kuungana na Yahwe katika agano la milele lisilosahaulikal
6 My people hath beene as lost sheepe: their shepheards haue caused them to goe astray, and haue turned them away to the mountaines: they haue gone from mountaine to hil, and forgotten their resting place.
Watu wangu wamekuwa kondoo waliopotea. Wachungaji wao wamewapoteza milimani; wamewageuza kutoka mlima hata mlima. Walikwenda, wakasahau mahali walipokuwa wanaishi.
7 Al that found them, haue deuoured them, and their enemies saide, We offende not, because they haue sinned against the Lord, the habitation of iustice, euen the Lord the hope of their fathers.
Kila awaendeaye anawararua. Washitaki wao walisema, 'Hatuna hatia, kwa sababu walimtenda dhambi Yahwe, nyumbani kwao halisi - Yahwe, tumaini la mababu zao.'
8 Flee from the middes of Babel, and depart out of the lande of the Caldeans, and be ye as the hee goates before the flocke.
Tokeni kati ya Babeli; tokeni katika nchi ya Wakalidayo; iweni kama wafanyavyo mabeberu mbele ya kundi lote.
9 For loe, I will raise, and cause to come vp against Babel a multitude of mightie natios from the North countrey, and they shall set themselues in aray against her, whereby shee shall be taken: their arrowes shall be as of a strong man, which is expert, for none shall returne in vaine.
Maana tazama, ninaelekea kupeleka na kuinua kinyume cha Babeli kundi la mataifa makubwa kutoka kaskazini. Yatajipanga yenyewe kinyume chake. Kutoka hapo Babeli utatekwa. Mishale yao ni kama shujaa mzoefu asiyerudi mikono tupu.
10 And Caldea shalbe a spoyle: all that spoyle her, shalbe satisfied, sayth the Lord.
Ukaldayo itakuwa mateka. Wate waitekao wataridhika - asema Yahwe.
11 Because yee were glad and reioyced in destroying mine heritage, and because ye are growen fatte, as the calues in the grasse, and neied like strong horses,
Mnafurahi, mnasherehekea kuteka urithi wangu; mnarukaruka kama ndama anayekanyaga katika malisho yake; mnalia kama farasi mwenye nguvu.
12 Therefore your mother shall bee sore confounded, and she that bare you, shall be ashamed: beholde, the vttermost of the nations shalbe a desert, a drie land, and a wildernes.
Hivyo mama yenu ataaibika sana; aliyewazaa atafadhaika. Tazama, atakuwa wa mwisho katika mataifa, nyika, nchi kame, na jangwa.
13 Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but shall be wholy desolate: euery one that goeth by Babel, shall be astonished, and hisse at all her plagues.
Kwa sababu ya hasira ya Yahwe, Babeli haitakaliwa, lakini itakuwa ukiwa mtupu. Kila apitaye kando ataogopa kwa sababu ya Babeli na atatoa sauti kwa sababu ya majeraha yake.
14 Put your selues in aray against Babel rounde about: all ye that bende the bowe, shoote at her, spare no arrowes: for shee hath sinned against the Lord.
Jipangeni wenyewe kumzunguka Babeli kinyume chake. Kila apindaye upinde na ampige. Msizuie mshale wenu wowote, maana amemtenda dhambi Yahwe.
15 Crie against her round about: she hath giuen her hand: her foundations are fallen, and her walles are destroyed: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance vpon her: as she hath done, doe vnto her.
Pigeni kelele za ushindi kinyume chake ninyi nyote mmzungukao. Amesalimu mamlaka yake; minara yake imeanguka. Kuta zake zimebomolewa, maana hiki ni kisasi cha Yahwe. Jilipizeni kisasi juu yake! Mtendeeni kama alivyoyatenda mataifa mengine.
16 Destroy the sower from Babel, and him that handleth the sieth in the time of haruest: because of the sworde of the oppressor they shall turne euery one to his people, and they shall flee euery one to his owne land.
Waaribuni wote mkulima apandaye mbegu naye atumiaye mundu wakati wa mavuno katika Babeli. Haya kila mtu na arudi kwa watu wake kutoka upanga wa mtesaji; na wakimbilie katika nchi yao wenyewe.
17 Israel is like scattered sheepe: the lions haue dispersed them: first the King of Asshur hath deuoured him, and last this Nebuchad-nezzar King, of Babel hath broken his bones.
Israeli ni kondoo aliyetawanywa na kupelekwa na simba mbali. Kwanza mfalme wa Ashuru alimrarua; kisha baadaye, Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli akavunja mifupa yake.
18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, Behold, I wil visit ye King of Babel, and his land, as I haue visited the King of Asshur.
Kwa hiyo Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi: Tazama, nitamwadhibu mfalme wa Babeli na nchi yake, kama nilivyomwadhibu mfalme wa Ashuru.
19 And I will bring Israel againe to his habitation: hee shall feede on Carmel and Bashan, and his soule shall be satisfied vpon the mount Ephraim and Gilead.
Nitamrudisha Israeli katika nchi yake; atajilisha katika Karmeli na Bashani. Kisha atajishibisha katika nchi ya kilima ya Efraimu na Gileadi.
20 In those daies, and at that time, sayeth the Lord, the iniquitie of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none: and the sinnes of Iudah, and they shall not be founde: for I will be mercifull vnto them, whome I reserue.
Siku hizo na wakati huo, asema Yahwe, uovu utatafutwa katika Israeli, lakini hautaonekana. Nitauliza kuhusu dhambi za Yuda, lakini hazitaonekana, maana nitawasamehe mabaki niliowaacha.”
21 Goe vp against the lande of the rebelles, euen against it, and against the inhabitantes of Pekod: destroy, and lay it waste after them, saieth the Lord, and doe according to all that I haue commanded thee.
Inuka dhidi ya nchi ya Merathaimu, kinyume chake nao waishio Pekodi. Wapigeni kwa makali ya upanga na mwatenge kwa ajili ya maangamizo - asema Yahwe - fanyeni kila ninachowaamru.
22 A crie of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.
Sauti ya vita na maangamizi ya kustaajabisha yamo katika nchi.
23 Howe is the hammer of the whole world destroied, and broken! howe is Babel become desolate among the nations!
Jinsi gani nyundo ya mataifa yote imekatiliwa mbali na kuharibiwa. Jinsi Babeli amekuwa kitu cha kushangaza kati ya mataifa.
24 I haue snared thee, and thou art taken, O Babel, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striuen against the Lord.
Nimetega mtego dhidi yako. Umenaswa, Babeli, nawe haukutambua! Ulionekana na kukamatwa, tangu uliponidhihaki, Yahwe.
25 The Lord hath opened his treasure, and hath brought foorth the weapons of his wrath: for this is the woorke of the Lord God of hostes in the lande of the Caldeans.
Yahwe amefungua ghala lake la silaha na anachukua silaha kwa ajili ya kutekekeleza hasira yake. Kuna kazi kwa ajili ya Yahwe wa majeshi katika nchi ya Wakaldayo.
26 Come against her from the vtmost border: open her store houses: treade on her as on sheaues, and destroy her vtterly: let nothing of her be left.
Mshambulie kutokea mbali. Fungua maghala yake ya chakula na kumrundika kama marundo ya nafaka. Mtenge mbali na maangamizi. Usimbakizie masalia.
27 Destroy all her bullockes: let them goe downe to the slaughter. Wo vnto them, for their day is come, and the time of their visitation.
Ua madume wake wote wa ng'ombe. Washushe sehemu ya machinjio. Ole wao, maana siku yao imefika - wakati wa kuadhibiwa kwao.
28 The voyce of them that flee, and escape out of the lande of Babel to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, and the vengeance of his Temple.
Kuna sauti ya wale wanaokimbia, walionusurika, katika nchi ya Babeli. Hawa watatoa taarifa ya kisasi cha Yahwe Mungu wetu kwa Sayuni, kisasi kwa hekalu lake.”
29 Call vp the archers against Babel: al ye that bend the bow, besiege it rounde about: let none thereof escape: recompence her according to her worke, and according to all that she hath done, doe vnto her: for she hath bene proud against the Lord, euen against the holy one of Israel.
Ita wapiga pinde dhidi ya Babeli - wale wote wapindao pinde zao. Piga kambi kinyume chake, na msimwache yeyote kutoroka. Mlipeni kwa kile alichofanya. Mfanyieni kwa kipimo alichotumia. Maana amemdharau Yahwe, Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
30 Therefore shall her yong men fall in the streetes, and al her men of warre shalbe destroied in that day, sayeth the Lord.
Hivyo vijana wake wataanguka katika viwanja vya mji, na wapiganaji wake wote wataangamizwa siku hiyo - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.”
31 Beholde, I come vnto thee, O proude man, saith the Lord God of hostes: for thy day is come, euen the time that I will visite thee.
Tazama, mimi ni kunyume chako, mwenye majivuno - hili ni tamko la Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi - maana siku yako imefika, mwenye kiburi, wakati nitakapokuadhibu.
32 And the proude shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him vp: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall deuoure all round about him.
Hivyo wenye kiburi watajikwaa na kuanguka. Hakuna atakaye wainua. Nitawasha moto katika miji yao; utateketeza kila kitu kati yake.
33 Thus saieth the Lord of hosts, The children of Israel, and the children of Iudah were oppressed together: and all that tooke them captiues, held them, and would not let them goe.
Yahwe wa majeshi asema hivi: watu wa Israeli wamenyanyaswa, pamoja na watu wa Yuda. Wate waliowateka bado wanawashikilia; wanakataa kuwaacha waondoke.
34 But their strong redeemer, whose Name is the Lord of hostes, he shall maintaine their cause, that he may giue rest to the lande, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babel.
Yeye awaokoaye ni mwenye nguvu. Yahwe wa majeshi ni jina lake. Kwa hakika atalitetea shitaka lao, ili kuleta pumziko katika nchi, na kuwapiga wakaao Babeli.
35 A sworde is vpon the Caldeans, sayeth the Lord, and vpon the inhabitants of Babel, and vpon her princes, and vpon her wise men.
Upanga u juu ya Wakalidayo - asema Yahwe - na juu ya wakaao Babeli, viongozi wake, na wenye hekima wake.
36 A sworde is vpon the soothsaiers, and they shall dote: a sword is vpon her strong men, and they shalbe afraide.
Upanga unakuja juu ya waganga, ili wajione kuwa wajinga. Upanga utakuwa juu ya askari wake, hivyo watajaa hofu.
37 A sworde is vpon their horses and vpon their charets, and vpon all the multitude that are in the middes of her, and they shall be like women: a sworde is vpon her treasures, and they shall be spoyled.
Upanga utakuwa juu ya farasi wake, vibandawazi vyao na na watu wote waliomo Babeli, hivyo watakuwa kama wanawake. Upanga utakuwa juu ya ghala zake, nazo zitatekwa.
38 A drought is vpon her waters, and they shall be dried vp: for it is the lande of grauen images, and they dote vpon their idoles.
Ukame unakuja juu ya maji yake, hivyo yatakauka. Maana ni nchi ya miungu wasiofaa, na wanafanya kama watu waliofanywa punguani kwa miungu yao isiyosaidia.
39 Therefore the Ziims with the Iims shall dwel there, and the ostriches shall dwel therein: for it shall be no more inhabited, neither shall it be inhabited from generation vnto generation.
Hivyo wanyama wa jangwani wakaishi na mbwea wataishi huko, na watoto wa mbuni wataishi ndani yake. Kwa muda wote, hatakaliwa tena. Kutoka kizazi hata kizazi, hatakaliwa tena na watu.
40 As God destroied Sodom and Gomorah with the places thereof neere about, sayeth the Lord: so shall no man dwell theere, neither shall the sonne of man remaine therein.
Kama vile Mungu alivyoziangamiza Sodoma na Gomora na majirani zake - asema Yahwe - hakuna atakayeishi huko; hakuna mtu atakayekaa ndani yake.”
41 Beholde, a people shall come from the North, and a great nation, and many Kings shall be raised vp from the coastes of the earth.
“Tazama, watu wanakuja kutoka kaskazini, maana taifa kubwa na wafalme wengi wamemtikisa kutokea mbali.
42 They shall holde the bowe and the buckeler: they are cruell and vnmercifull: their voyce shall roare like the sea, and they shall ride vpon horses, and be put in aray like men to the battell against thee, O daughter of Babel.
Watachukua pinde na mishale. Ni wakatili na hawana huruma. Sauti yao ni kama mngurumo wa bahari, na wamepanda farasi katika mpangilio kama watu wapiganao, dhidi yako, bindi Babeli.
43 The King of Babel hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: sorow came vpon him, euen sorowe as of a woman in trauaile.
Mfalme wa Babeli amesikia habari yao na mikono yake imelegea kwa huzuni. Mashaka yamemshika kama mwanamke katika utungu.
44 Beholde, hee shall come vp like a lyon from the swelling of Iorden vnto the strong habitation: for I will make Israel to rest, and I will make them to haste away from her: and who is a chosen man that I may appoynt against her? for who is like me, and who will appoynt me the time? and who is the shepheard that will stande before me?
Tazama! Anakwenda juu kama simba atokaye katika miinuko ya Yordani kuelekea katika eneo la malisho ya uvumilivu. Maana kwa haraka nitawafanya wakimbie kutoka humo, nami nitamweka mtu aliyechaguliwa kwa uangalizi wake. Maana ni nani aliye kama mimi, na ni nani atakayeniagiza? Mchungaji gani awezaye kunizuia?
45 Therefore heare the counsell of the Lord that hee hath deuised against Babel, and his purpose that hee hath conceiued against the lande of the Caldeans: surely the least of the flocke shall drawe them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
Sikilizeni mipango ambayo Yahwe ameamua juu ya Babeli, mipango aliyonayo dhidi ya nchi ya Wakaldayo. Kwa hakika wataondolewa, hata kundi dogo zaidi. Eneo lao la malisho litageuzwa kuwa sehemu zenye magofu.
46 At the noyse of the winning of Babel the earth is moued, and the crye is heard among the nations.
Kwa sauti ya kuangushwa kwa Babeli nchi inatikisika, na sauti ya mateso yao inasikiwa kati ya mataifa.”
